Buying+Books

There are some distinct differences in the process for buying books. For both Amazon and Barnes and Noble, you need some type of credit or gift card.

__Nook Only__ Because the Nook requires a default payment method, it is important that the payment method that is used to buy the book or books be left as the default until the books are downloaded. If you change the credit card from the default and put another in its place or do not put any credit card as a default, the books will not download. This means that there needs to be close coordination between the purchaser and the program implementer. You can set a password so that students or other users cannot purchase additional books.

__Kindle__ The purchasing friendly method of purchasing would be to have an account set up for every 6 kindle kindles. Then if a book is purchased, the purchaser can quickly login to Amazon enter the credit card information, purchase the book, delete the credit card, and notify the program implementer that the book is purchased. The program implementer can then using either the Kindles download from the Archive or the Digital Management system online at Amazon.com download to the Kindle (it will then sync next time you connect to wifi).

The more labor intensive method is to register more than 6 kindles to one account. When a book is purchased, you would then need to download from the Archive each book to each kindle. When you reach the 7th kindle, you will be prompted to purchase a book. This requires you to leave the credit card in the account. If kindles are circulating, it opens the door for the possibility of accidental purchases (Amazon is wonderful about refunds). Sometimes, I have had difficulty downloading the 7th book and have had to wait until the purchase has processed. This is much more time consuming.